Example sentences of "[Wh pn] was [adv] [v-ing] at [art] " in BNC.

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1 As he spoke , he looked at Ludovico , who was furiously plucking at the strings of his racket and gazing at the ground .
2 In order to avoid the hot weather my mother had preceded my father to England , escorted as far as Jibuti by an official from the Sudan who was temporarily serving at the Legation .
3 Kicking the body off his machete , Mortimer made for Carrefour , who was frantically scraping at the grave .
4 It was there that he found not only his life 's vocation , but his future wife who was also teaching at the school .
5 Sister Dew , who was also helping at the stall , said gushingly , ‘ Well , Miss Broome , you are a good saleswoman — another bed jacket gone already !
6 Leif frowned at the toddler who was happily clutching at the steering-wheel .
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